Any new athletics program needs its supporters and former UMass
Boston Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Levester Tubbs was
definitely a key person behind the emergence of the UMass Boston
varsity athletics program. From 1974-80, Tubbs worked extremely
hard to establish a strong recreation program at the new Harbor
Campus, a viable club sports program and ultimately an NCAA
Division III athletics program, which became a reality in 1980.
Tubbs was instrumental in building student life and student
activities on campus, while expressing his vision, which led to
what is now UMass Boston athletics. Without such a pioneer, leader
and visionary administrator such as Tubbs, the ascension of
athletics at UMass Boston surely would not have been as rapid.